Entertainment websites: Foxcatcher set to debut at Cannes Film Festival in May

Channing Tatum (left) as Mark Schultz, and Mark Ruffalo as his older brother Dave, in Foxcatcher

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Want to be among the first to see the much-anticipated film Foxcatcher? Grab your passport, and get out your French phrasebook, as it’s slated to be among the movies debuting at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival which runs May 14-25, according to a number of entertainment websites Thursday.

In mid-August, Sony Pictures Classics announced Foxcatcher would appear in New York City and Los Angeles the weekend before Christmas (along with Grace of Monaco and Monuments Men, already released to theaters), making it eligible for 2014 Oscar consideration. However, in late September, it was announced that Foxcatcher would not premiere in December, but was being pushed back to “sometime in 2014.”

In describing Foxcatcher back in August, The Hollywood Reporter wrote, “The film...recounts the true story of an Olympic wrestling champion (Mark Schultz) whose brother (Dave Schultz), a fellow Olympian, was murdered by a paranoid schizophrenic millionaire (John du Pont)..."

Both Schultz brothers earned gold medals in freestyle at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. In addition, each had successful collegiate mat careers. Elder brother Dave Schultz was a three-time NCAA All-American (one year at Oklahoma State, twice at University of Oklahoma), winning the 167-pound title for the Sooners in 1982. Mark Schultz was a three-time NCAA Division I champ for Oklahoma (1981-83).

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Mark is a staff writer for InterMatWrestle.com, as well as Wrestling USA, Amateur Wrestling News, and The Guillotine magazines, and has contributed to the books "Family Ties: An American Wrestling Tradition" and "The Ultimate Guide to Wrestling Camps." Mark received the Bob Dellinger Award from Amateur Wrestling News as wrestling writer of the year. Send Mark a note.